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the election is over. it's time to do what the country needs badly to have done. >> secretary baker, thank you very much. >>> breaking news from london now. a hospital worker who answered that controversial prank call about the duchess of cambridge has died, apparently in a suicide. in london with the story is monica villamizar. >> morning, norah. emergency services found the woman's body near the private hospital that treated the duchess and where three days ago the hospital worker was tricked by australian radio hosts who called, pretending to be the queen and prince charles asking, of course, for confidential information about the duchess' condition. british media are reporting she committed suicide but british police refuse to confirm whether this is the case. they're saying for now they are treating this death as unexplained. of course, we will have more details as they come, norah. >> this is a very sad development out of london this morning for that hospital worker, who took that call from the radio
the election is over. it's time to do what the country needs badly to have done. >> secretary baker, thank you very much. >>> breaking news from london now. a hospital worker who answered that controversial prank call about the duchess of cambridge has died, apparently in a suicide. in london with the story is monica villamizar. >> morning, norah. emergency services found the woman's body near the private hospital that treated the duchess and where three days ago the...
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american democracy is not about billionaires trying to buy elections. >> dickerson: you did something, you went into audience that is not there just to applaud you automatically you went to liberty university, fundamentalist university you brought your same message, one of the things that you said that the audience knew you had disagreement on the question of 'worse on or same sex marriage but asked to put them aside. the inequities, would you have the same message for liberals that on those issues that really stopped fighting about though focus on the big thing which is the economic inequality? >> this is what i said at liberty. this is what i believe. i am pro choice, i've always been pro choice. i am strongly in favor of gay marriage, i know that at liberty university people there have honest disagreements with me. i said, any time when we have grotesque level of income and wealth inequal. all the wealth going to the top 1% when we have the highest rate of childhood poverty of any major country on earth, many millions of americans are working two or three jobs just to sustain thems
american democracy is not about billionaires trying to buy elections. >> dickerson: you did something, you went into audience that is not there just to applaud you automatically you went to liberty university, fundamentalist university you brought your same message, one of the things that you said that the audience knew you had disagreement on the question of 'worse on or same sex marriage but asked to put them aside. the inequities, would you have the same message for liberals that on...
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they don't also get to say, you know, unless you give me what the voters rejected in the last election, i'm going to cause a recession. that's not how it works. >> america expects us to work out our differences. but refusing to negotiate is an untenable position. and frankly, by refusing to negotiate, harry reid and the president are putting our country on a pretty dangerous path. >> the president has called on the house to pass a clean spending resolution before any spending talks are had. there are enough votes to end the shutdown today, the president claims. investors anxious. it's down 100 points. >>> let's get to roberta and get your forecast on this tuesday. roberta? >> frank, some of the areas around the bay right now with partly cloudy hazy conditions but not this view. it's a bird's-eye view from the transamerica building towards the golden gate bridge. we have full-on sunshine. 66 in the city by the bay. 76 degrees inland in livermore. to the north, santa rosa at 69. to the south san jose 68. interesting doings. futurecast clearly illustrates clouds will be on the increase. w
they don't also get to say, you know, unless you give me what the voters rejected in the last election, i'm going to cause a recession. that's not how it works. >> america expects us to work out our differences. but refusing to negotiate is an untenable position. and frankly, by refusing to negotiate, harry reid and the president are putting our country on a pretty dangerous path. >> the president has called on the house to pass a clean spending resolution before any spending talks...
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i thought the election was over. you know, a lot of that heated rhetoric during an election. but now, it's time to govern. >> stahl: he hasn't even taken over yet as speaker of the house and, already, john boehner and the president were at each other this past week. in our interviews with him, we wanted to know will boehner try for a better relationship? and what does he plan to do about the deficit? and why does he cry so often? >> it's important. >> kroft: when most people think of brazil, they think of its passion and excellence in soccer. not of skyscrapers and sao paulo, the financial hub of a fledgling economic super power. they think of the pulsating beat of the samba and carnival, not commodities or the world's largest cattle industry. the most powerful country in south america. >> g.d.p.-wise, we are bigger than all the other countries together. this is it. hello. time for americans to wake up. >> pelley: how warm and sunny the future felt in august with the last snaps of training camp. then, jerry jones, owner of the dallas cowboys, met the season from hell. >> and
i thought the election was over. you know, a lot of that heated rhetoric during an election. but now, it's time to govern. >> stahl: he hasn't even taken over yet as speaker of the house and, already, john boehner and the president were at each other this past week. in our interviews with him, we wanted to know will boehner try for a better relationship? and what does he plan to do about the deficit? and why does he cry so often? >> it's important. >> kroft: when most people...
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does the election affect your plans to release it? is it likely to come out before the lame duck session is over and how do you reduce the scope to just a couple million people. >> i said many my opening statement there's no doubt republicans had a good night and, you know, we're going to make sure we reach out to mitch mcconnell and john boehner who are now running both chambers in congress and find out what their agenda is. my hope they have specific things they want to do that correspond with some things we want to get done. what's most important to the american people right now, the resounding message not just of this election but basically the last several is get stuff done. don't worry about the next election. don't worry about party affiliation. do worry about our concerns. worry about the fact that i'm a single mom and at the end of the month it's really hard for me to pay the bills in part because i've got these huge childcare costs. do worry about the fact that i'm a young person who's qualified to go to college but i'm real
does the election affect your plans to release it? is it likely to come out before the lame duck session is over and how do you reduce the scope to just a couple million people. >> i said many my opening statement there's no doubt republicans had a good night and, you know, we're going to make sure we reach out to mitch mcconnell and john boehner who are now running both chambers in congress and find out what their agenda is. my hope they have specific things they want to do that...
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he does have fair amount of money, lot of experience in running these elections. he does need to do better. debates he's been disappointing. but he needs to show a little more passion, he needs to be a little more like his brother when it comes to getting tea attacked getting back in cutting way. >> dickerson: switch democrats with news we've got. nancy, another person going to do well is probably hillary clinton. but more questions about e-mail this week, what is the state of her campaign do you think at this moment? >> i think she's trying to talk about this as much as see can take some of the air out of the balloon he they found when he was answering it was stonewalling, had nothing hide. she's admitting to a large degree this is now out of her control which is something you never want to have to admit if you're candidate you like to have everything be under your control. the fbi inquiry continues, she has no control over that. the benghazi committee will call her to testify next month. she has no idea what they're go tg ask or how that is going to go. now the
he does have fair amount of money, lot of experience in running these elections. he does need to do better. debates he's been disappointing. but he needs to show a little more passion, he needs to be a little more like his brother when it comes to getting tea attacked getting back in cutting way. >> dickerson: switch democrats with news we've got. nancy, another person going to do well is probably hillary clinton. but more questions about e-mail this week, what is the state of her...
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or tough election could vote against it the thing would still pass. when cruz came out and forced them to -- said he was going to filibuster, a lot of republicans were not the least hit happy about that. >> remember in the house boehner had to get 20-some republicans to vote for this. and they did it. you're right, it's almost all democrats. but if you look at the details, the chess moves all of this, it was rather skillfully done according to democrats and republicans. you're right in the house cruz said, we've got -- in the senate, i'm sorry, made people really unhappy including mitch mcconnell who thinks that cruz is literally the most selfish senator he's ever seen in his years there. >> schieffer: how popular is he among his colleagues? >> well, we're going to see what happens if he runs for president and goes out in the country, among his colleagues they have that senate policy lunch every week and witnesses have told me he goes in there and he sits alone. people will only sit next to him when there is no other available seats. you know when you
or tough election could vote against it the thing would still pass. when cruz came out and forced them to -- said he was going to filibuster, a lot of republicans were not the least hit happy about that. >> remember in the house boehner had to get 20-some republicans to vote for this. and they did it. you're right, it's almost all democrats. but if you look at the details, the chess moves all of this, it was rather skillfully done according to democrats and republicans. you're right in...
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but there was an election last year. and all sides were happy to put off the hard choices, which brought us to this remarkable year in which congress has been in session since january and managed to do absolutely nothing. i don't know about you, but where i work, every once in a while, they expect us to do something. it doesn't seem to be a requirement in official washington, and now they are talking about who won and who lost this epic battle. don't they understand there were no winners and losers. they just wasted a lot of time with partisan posturing until they were forced to do what they should have done last year. that is nothing to brag about, and certainly nothing to applaud. back in a minute. somewhere in america, a city comes to life. it moves effortlessly, breathes easily. it flows with clean water. it makes its skyline greener and its population healthier. all to become the kind of city people want to live and work in. somewhere in america, we've already answered some of the nation's toughest questions. and th
but there was an election last year. and all sides were happy to put off the hard choices, which brought us to this remarkable year in which congress has been in session since january and managed to do absolutely nothing. i don't know about you, but where i work, every once in a while, they expect us to do something. it doesn't seem to be a requirement in official washington, and now they are talking about who won and who lost this epic battle. don't they understand there were no winners and...
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was elected president. i'll take that kind of trouble every week. house republicans face a real challenge -- and i may be the only peoplet table that believes this-- i think the president deliberately wants to strip the house of the ability to negotiate in these kind of environments because he understands he has three years of dealing with them because they're going to keep the house. and i think he is really worried that they're going to come back at him every 90 days and get one more bite, and he is prepared to go to the wall. that's wheny when boehner walks in and says i'll give you a clean debt ceiling for six weeks, he says no. reid has upped the ante, and said i won't accept it until you get rid of the sequester. reid is saying to fiscal conservatives i want more money in order to let you pass a bill to reopen the government. >> this is where the definition of success is very odd. how is it a white house victory to push this off for 90 days or push this off for three months ear six months or how much
was elected president. i'll take that kind of trouble every week. house republicans face a real challenge -- and i may be the only peoplet table that believes this-- i think the president deliberately wants to strip the house of the ability to negotiate in these kind of environments because he understands he has three years of dealing with them because they're going to keep the house. and i think he is really worried that they're going to come back at him every 90 days and get one more bite,...
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representatives of the people doing the job they were elected to do as outlined in the constitution. those decisions should be made based on how they're going to affect people who are struggling to get a job not how they will affect some politician's chances of getting re-elected. this debate isn't about president obama and how the republicans. it isn't about congress and the white house. it's about what is standing between the american people and the future we seek for ourselves and our families. you know, i've always believed the bigger the government the smaller the people. and right now we've got a government so big and so expensive that it's sapping the dr of our people d keeping our the government is sapping the drive out of our people and keeping the capri from running at the full capacity. the solution to the crisis is not complicated: if you're spending more money than you're taking in, you need to spend less of it. no simple tom of big government more menacing than our debt. when we begin to liberate our economy and our future. we're up to the task, and i hope president oba
representatives of the people doing the job they were elected to do as outlined in the constitution. those decisions should be made based on how they're going to affect people who are struggling to get a job not how they will affect some politician's chances of getting re-elected. this debate isn't about president obama and how the republicans. it isn't about congress and the white house. it's about what is standing between the american people and the future we seek for ourselves and our...
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two other tea party favorites who were elected in 2010. i have the support of mike huckabee and bill bennett. i think they're going stro a hard time convincing kentucky primary voters that mitch mcconnell is some kind of liberal. in fact, we took a poll last month to check that out, and only 2% of kentuckians thought i was a liberal. i think that's a pretty hard sell. and it's almost certainly going to fail. >> schieffer: what do you want now from president obama? what do you want him to do now? you're facing the same problems that caused this government shutdown. what would you like the president to do now? >> my first choice would be to take advantage of the opportunity present bide divided government. you know divided government has historically done things. i think ronald reagan and tip o'neil doing the last comprehensive tax reform. i think of bill clinton and a republican congress doing welfare reform and actually balancing the budget multiple years in the late 90 pps divided government san opportunity to tackle tough stuff, and we a
two other tea party favorites who were elected in 2010. i have the support of mike huckabee and bill bennett. i think they're going stro a hard time convincing kentucky primary voters that mitch mcconnell is some kind of liberal. in fact, we took a poll last month to check that out, and only 2% of kentuckians thought i was a liberal. i think that's a pretty hard sell. and it's almost certainly going to fail. >> schieffer: what do you want now from president obama? what do you want him to...
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democrats are still in control, but in the last election, they lost 7 seats to republicans. that will make it harder for the white house to pass laws. president obama says he believes he can find common ground with republicans in the new congress, especially when it comes to the economy. but 2011 is shaping up to be a year full of of political battles. joel brown cbs news, washington. >>> instead of being on capitol hill, senator dianne feinstein is in san francisco today for knee surgery. the 77-year-old is having her knee replaced. feinstein plans to work from home while she is recovering for three weeks. >>> shake-up at the white house as press secretary robert gibbs is resigning. he is going to step down early next month to become an outside political advisor to the president. gibbs will help with obama's re- election campaign and give speeches in the private sector but no word yet on a replacement. but the white house says an announcement should come within the next two weeks. >>> coming up, preparing for a royal wedding. who will be front and center when william and ka
democrats are still in control, but in the last election, they lost 7 seats to republicans. that will make it harder for the white house to pass laws. president obama says he believes he can find common ground with republicans in the new congress, especially when it comes to the economy. but 2011 is shaping up to be a year full of of political battles. joel brown cbs news, washington. >>> instead of being on capitol hill, senator dianne feinstein is in san francisco today for knee...
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go back to winning elections. you've got to go home. and for most of these members their biggest threat is in a primary. and the president's out there saying that he won the election. and they didn't want to go home after the noise. i understand it. >> reporter: boehner still owns this modest capitol hill apartment he lived in as speaker but other things have changed. he says he needs golf less now as a stress reliever, has evolved from merlot to cabernet. >> i drink red wine. someone wants to smoke a joint, so what. >> reporter: convinced of the medical benefits boehner joined the head of a cannabis company. >> you're not ruling it out for yourself? >> tomorrow is tomorrow. >> tomorrow is tomorrow. who i dodon't likeke veggies.... what?! ♪ whateverer you have e at hom, knororr sides can tuturn nutrititious veggis ininto mouthwawatering meaea. ♪ veggies s taste amazazing wiwith knorr.. gillette p proglid . five blalades and a a pivotig flexbaba l veggies s taste amazazing designeded to get vivirtu lly every ha
go back to winning elections. you've got to go home. and for most of these members their biggest threat is in a primary. and the president's out there saying that he won the election. and they didn't want to go home after the noise. i understand it. >> reporter: boehner still owns this modest capitol hill apartment he lived in as speaker but other things have changed. he says he needs golf less now as a stress reliever, has evolved from merlot to cabernet. >> i drink red wine....
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he looked in to the camera tolded american people that this election was about working together with congress. specifically working together with the republican party. this is what he does right after the elections instead of uniting us like he promised seven years ago that he was going to do he's dividing the nation in every single area. what we should do lot of different things. number one we should -- i think it's unfortunate that he did this, i think we need to layout clearly why this is unlawful. we need to pass a funding bill that separates homeland security from that funding bill. and i think we also should writer the president of the united states to go through a comment period, just like we have to do for regulations under the administrative procedures act. and finally, i think this is most important part, we can't take the bait from the democrats. we isn't we we're not going to do immigration reform. tell the american people what we're for. we need to show them the step by step that we have been doing in the house. it's unfortunate to hear the president and other democrats
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do you think you can get that done before the election? >> i don't control the agenda on capitol hill; nancy pelosi and harry reid do. i would hope that there would be an open debate, an open process. let's let the congress decide what the current tax rates should be and for who they should be. i think there's a growing chorus on capitol hill to extend all of these tax rates. i would hope that we would do it. >> schieffer: you led the fight, a losing fight, against the wall street reform that holds the big banks more accountable, gets consumers some new protections. 73% of the american people, according to some polls, said they supported that legislation. why did republicans oppose it? >> well, bob, the three problems that caused our financial meltdown-- fannie mae, freddie mac and sub-prime lending-- none of the three are addressed in this bill. what this bill is going to do it's going to make it harder for our economy to get going again, harder to create jobs in america. why? because it's going to be difficult for banks to provide credit
do you think you can get that done before the election? >> i don't control the agenda on capitol hill; nancy pelosi and harry reid do. i would hope that there would be an open debate, an open process. let's let the congress decide what the current tax rates should be and for who they should be. i think there's a growing chorus on capitol hill to extend all of these tax rates. i would hope that we would do it. >> schieffer: you led the fight, a losing fight, against the wall street...
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the elections didn't change things. there are some republicans who say we have to court latino voters. success in the senate didn't change the minds of a lot of members in the house. john boehner is trying to deal with these members of his caucus who are very suspicious of the process. he kept saying, i want to be remembered as the person who facilitate process." imagine that on a statute-- "he facilitated a process." that's best he can do, let them come to yess on their own time, find a way to get recalcitrant members to get to this immigration on their own. he has an agenda. he wants them to get there but the only way he's going to do it with so much mistrust is if he can kind of gently guide them. it's a tough thing to do. >> i really think john boehner in many ways eye have considerable sympathy for him. i think he's an old-style legislator. i think he's thrieks legislator. i think he's not afraid to compromise, but it's like when i used to be a kid hanging around rodeos. they had what they called roman-style riders
the elections didn't change things. there are some republicans who say we have to court latino voters. success in the senate didn't change the minds of a lot of members in the house. john boehner is trying to deal with these members of his caucus who are very suspicious of the process. he kept saying, i want to be remembered as the person who facilitate process." imagine that on a statute-- "he facilitated a process." that's best he can do, let them come to yess on their own...
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on this year, with all the emphasis on obamacare not worth having an internal fight going in to the election. right now things seem to be going republican way. >> schieffer: all right. mr. king, we want to thank you very much for joining us this morning. thanks so much. >> bob, thank you. >> schieffer: and joining us now the number two democrat in the senate richard durbin, he's in springfield, illinois this morning and new hampshire republican kelly ayot she is in nashua this morning. can go to pick up on what peter king was saying. do you think that in somehow, some way that the president's state of the union speech backfired as he suggested, in other words, when the president said, we want -- if the republicans want to help, okay, but if they don't, we're just going to go it alone. do you think that has caused republicans to step back and say, okay, if he wants to go it alone, let him go. >> well, bob, today the excuse is state of the union address when it comes to their opposition to the president, any excuse will do. look at the immigration issue, the president stepped back said i'm not
on this year, with all the emphasis on obamacare not worth having an internal fight going in to the election. right now things seem to be going republican way. >> schieffer: all right. mr. king, we want to thank you very much for joining us this morning. thanks so much. >> bob, thank you. >> schieffer: and joining us now the number two democrat in the senate richard durbin, he's in springfield, illinois this morning and new hampshire republican kelly ayot she is in nashua this...
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i mean, i won the election. ( laughter ) i have the leverage. why give in? well, simply put-- i felt sorry for this man. >> is there a prospect for a deal? >> there's not a prospect for a deal. >> of course! it. >> the ongoing talks. >> there aren't even very many talks going on. ( laughter ) >> you're kidding us! give us something! >> but for the first time, there are numbers on pieces of paper from both sides. >> numbers on paper! ( cheers and applause ) ( laughter ) >> schieffer: that is our "face the nation" flashback. one note to major garrett. major, i was here 10 years before people thought i was important enough, and you are off to a fine start. >> thank you, bob, thank you very much. bp has paid over twenty-three billion dollars to help those affected and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open, and many areas are reporting their best tourism seasons in years. and bp's also committed to america. we support nearly 250,000 jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. we're working to fuel america for generations to come. our comm
i mean, i won the election. ( laughter ) i have the leverage. why give in? well, simply put-- i felt sorry for this man. >> is there a prospect for a deal? >> there's not a prospect for a deal. >> of course! it. >> the ongoing talks. >> there aren't even very many talks going on. ( laughter ) >> you're kidding us! give us something! >> but for the first time, there are numbers on pieces of paper from both sides. >> numbers on paper! ( cheers and...
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after this last election, there was self-reflection. the r.n.c. issued a report, how do we appeal to young people and minorities? all of that washed away. the real cost for the venezuela the opportunity cost. they have their problems to solve in their appeal to the american people which they're not solved in this internal debate. >> schieffer: you worked for george w. bush, do you think he would be acceptable to the tea party? >> no. ( laughter ). but the problem here is you have people like senator jeff flake. people like toam coburn, these are some of the most conservative members of the senate. they're not acceptable to the tea party. >> schieffer: thad corcoran from mississippi. >> this is largely an awmplet about strategies and tactics, but it's a bitter argument about strategies and tactics because the critique is these people are compromised. georgetown cocktail parties. they're part of the problem. that is a bit bitter debate going forward. the tea party itself lives increasingly in an ideological bubble with conservative media, with the s
after this last election, there was self-reflection. the r.n.c. issued a report, how do we appeal to young people and minorities? all of that washed away. the real cost for the venezuela the opportunity cost. they have their problems to solve in their appeal to the american people which they're not solved in this internal debate. >> schieffer: you worked for george w. bush, do you think he would be acceptable to the tea party? >> no. ( laughter ). but the problem here is you have...
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a -- as chip alluded to, the politics that swept him into the speakership were good for a mid-term election, they are tough for governing. >> reporter: but it's time the president said to set politics aside and make some tough decisions. >> president obama: it's not gonna get easier, it's gonna get harder, so we might as well do it now. pull out off the band-aid. eat our peas. >> reporter: the president said failure to reach our deal could lead to another recession so deep that millions more americans could lose their jobs. chip reed, cbs news, the white house. >>> yet another shooting on a contra costa county trail. now a 14-year-old is in the hospital. over the last three months three people have been shot, 1 person has been stabbed in the pittsburgh stretch of the delta de anza trail. the park police are saying this time it was an accident. they say late last night a group of teens was walking along the trail firing off a stolen gun. one of the boys got hit in the stomach. he is expected to survive. >>> other bay area headlines, now, a 14-year-old girl died during a weekend slumber party
a -- as chip alluded to, the politics that swept him into the speakership were good for a mid-term election, they are tough for governing. >> reporter: but it's time the president said to set politics aside and make some tough decisions. >> president obama: it's not gonna get easier, it's gonna get harder, so we might as well do it now. pull out off the band-aid. eat our peas. >> reporter: the president said failure to reach our deal could lead to another recession so deep...
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in the house, the republican majority narrowly re-elected john boehner to a second term as speaker. boehner is the most powerful republican in government, but he re-eorely embarrassed two weeks ago when he couldn't persuade even his own party to back his fiscal cliff solution. boehner said today public life isn't supposed to be easy soing. toncy pelosi, leader of the democrats, presented him with the speaker's gavel. as you know, pelosi was the airst woman to be elected house theaker in 2007, and now today, the senate has made history with fircord number of women. nancy cordes is on capitol hill. y wreporter: when 13 new senators took the oath today, r:ve of them were woman. those five bring the rank of women senators to 20, fully one- fifth of a legislative body that was all male as recently as the 1970s. >> but the quality of these women is so incredible. as allorter: democrat heidi heitkamp is a new senator from north dakota. >> i'm hoping it will mean this dedy becomes more collaborative, more willing to compromise. dakoporter: the last time five women were elected to the senate
in the house, the republican majority narrowly re-elected john boehner to a second term as speaker. boehner is the most powerful republican in government, but he re-eorely embarrassed two weeks ago when he couldn't persuade even his own party to back his fiscal cliff solution. boehner said today public life isn't supposed to be easy soing. toncy pelosi, leader of the democrats, presented him with the speaker's gavel. as you know, pelosi was the airst woman to be elected house theaker in 2007,...
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election, claiming the election was stolen without ever providing one ounce of evidence. i kept looking, where's the evidence? and as someone who voted for donald trump, i've got to tell you, i felt abused. the loyalty and trust of his supporters, and here he is lying to them about the outcome of the election. all of that tended to criant an awful lot of people to show up on january 6th, and then this demonstration got taken over by some real wack jobs who turned it into some really serious violence. >> stephen: do you think biden has any hope of getting people to compromise? since you write in the book that many of the republicans -- for many of the republicans, it's not about principle, it's about chaos, can you negotiate with agents of chaos? >> well, listen, stephen, governing in america, as divided as it is, is very difficult and, frankly, both parties are being held hostage by the loudest voices in their parties and, as a result, it's going to be really, really tough. if joe biden were to sit down with mitch mcconnell and begin to work out something on infrastructur
election, claiming the election was stolen without ever providing one ounce of evidence. i kept looking, where's the evidence? and as someone who voted for donald trump, i've got to tell you, i felt abused. the loyalty and trust of his supporters, and here he is lying to them about the outcome of the election. all of that tended to criant an awful lot of people to show up on january 6th, and then this demonstration got taken over by some real wack jobs who turned it into some really serious...
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i think that the folks that elected us sent us here to do their bidding. irrespective of who is in the majority, they really want us to focus on their issues. >> couric: republicans say high on their priority list is deficit reduction. starting with major cuts in domestic spending this year. fiscally conservative freshmen say everything is fair game. >> let's take a look at the department of defense so we send a signal to those on the other side of the aisle that everything has to be at table. >> couric: but is there danger in your view that the ax will be too sharp, that the cuts will be too deep? >> i think if there's an opportunity for us to finally have that honest conversation with the american people and make the hard choices. it's right now. because the people understand the dire economic situation that we're in. >> couric: but the republican effort to repeal health care reform has grabbed the most headlines. >> what this law does is it addresses access to insurance. it does not address cost or quality, which is what the american public had been cry
i think that the folks that elected us sent us here to do their bidding. irrespective of who is in the majority, they really want us to focus on their issues. >> couric: republicans say high on their priority list is deficit reduction. starting with major cuts in domestic spending this year. fiscally conservative freshmen say everything is fair game. >> let's take a look at the department of defense so we send a signal to those on the other side of the aisle that everything has to...
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you don't get a budget within six months, you go to elections. guess what, bob? we always get a budget. >> schieffer: well, that may not be such a bad idea at that. we'll have a lot more from the prime minister on part two of our broadcast this morning, and i'll be back in a minute with some personal thoughts. >> schieffer: writing a commentary is usually the last thing i do when i'm preparing for "face the nation." i want to make sure i take last-minute twements into account. well, i could have written this one four or five years ago. the government is shut down. it's the other guy's fault and into on and on. nothing has changed, yet this time everything is different. this time around they're all talking, just not to each other. it's not just republicans against democrats. it's also republicans against republicans, to the point that a republican senator, ted cruz, a freshman at that, was advising house republicans at one point on how to stand up to their leader john boehner. that's beyond rare. in a legislative body where seniority determines everything from par
you don't get a budget within six months, you go to elections. guess what, bob? we always get a budget. >> schieffer: well, that may not be such a bad idea at that. we'll have a lot more from the prime minister on part two of our broadcast this morning, and i'll be back in a minute with some personal thoughts. >> schieffer: writing a commentary is usually the last thing i do when i'm preparing for "face the nation." i want to make sure i take last-minute twements into...
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they're spending heavily in all of these elections. one race in colorado, there are six different organizations running negative ads against the democratic senator there, michael bennett. know one knows where the money is coming from. my question back to you and for your next guest is, why not simply disclose where this money is coming from? and then all of these questions will be answered. >> schieffer: that will certainly be fine with me. but i want to go back to this thing about the chamber of commerce. if they're only taking in $100,000... >> if they are. >> schieffer: but you question that. >> well, i don't know. no one knows, bob. the point is i can assert anything i want, but you have as a good journalist you would ask me how do we know that's true? do you have documentation to prove that? if the chamber opens up its books and says "here's where our political money is coming from. here are the million dollar, two or three million dollar contributions we've gotten from this company or that industry," then we'll know. but until th
they're spending heavily in all of these elections. one race in colorado, there are six different organizations running negative ads against the democratic senator there, michael bennett. know one knows where the money is coming from. my question back to you and for your next guest is, why not simply disclose where this money is coming from? and then all of these questions will be answered. >> schieffer: that will certainly be fine with me. but i want to go back to this thing about the...
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he added romney has some friends, and fellow mormons, but that's not what this election is about. this is lex is going to be a referendum on the president's failed economic policies. only two weeks ago, romney and boehner campaigned together in ohio. >> it's a little surprising to hear a politician speak so candidly. >> reporter: susan page for u.s.a. today says boehner's remarks underscore romney's continued struggle to rally the republican base. >> mitt romney has a lot of strengths as a candidate. he's got history in the private sector, he's been governor of massachusetts. but he has not come across as a candidate with the most natural connections with an audience. >> reporter: this afternoon a romney advisor released a statement shifting the focus back to the president. john's right in that speech is in lofty rhetoric hasn't gotten the job done for the american people in the obama era, and that governor romney is dedicated focus on the economy can and will put the country back on track. the romney campaign is brushing aside boehner's comments, knowing there's no shortage of re
he added romney has some friends, and fellow mormons, but that's not what this election is about. this is lex is going to be a referendum on the president's failed economic policies. only two weeks ago, romney and boehner campaigned together in ohio. >> it's a little surprising to hear a politician speak so candidly. >> reporter: susan page for u.s.a. today says boehner's remarks underscore romney's continued struggle to rally the republican base. >> mitt romney has a lot of...
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in mexico, an election is overshadowed by the deadly drug war. why sea levels on the east coast are rising more rapidly. and one giant leap for china's space program when the cbs evening news continues. break a leg! i used to love hearing that phrase... but not since i learned i have... postmenopausal osteoporosis and a high risk for fracture. i want to keep acting but a broken bone could change that. so my doctor and i chose prolia® to reduce my risk of fractures. prolia® is proven to help make bones stronger. proven to help increase bone density. i take prolia®. it's different. it's two shots a year. [announcer:] if you take prolia® (denosumab) you should not take xgeva®. prolia® can cause serious side effects, including low blood calcium levels, serious infections... ...some of which may require hospitalization, and skin inflammation, rash and eczema. tell your doctor if you develop dental problems... ...as severe jawbone problems may happen. what's out there matters to me. so does what's in here. break a leg! thanks ed. ask your doctor
in mexico, an election is overshadowed by the deadly drug war. why sea levels on the east coast are rising more rapidly. and one giant leap for china's space program when the cbs evening news continues. break a leg! i used to love hearing that phrase... but not since i learned i have... postmenopausal osteoporosis and a high risk for fracture. i want to keep acting but a broken bone could change that. so my doctor and i chose prolia® to reduce my risk of fractures. prolia® is proven to help...
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with just two days until election day, president obama tries to rally democrats while republicans believe they're about to clinch a congressional takeover. he's number two: for the first time in more than five years, tiger woods is bumped from the top of the p.g.a. rankings. and game on: we'll give you be early look at the new video game that is strictly hands-free. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: and good evening. two days after that worldwide terror threat, there's new information out tonight that is getting a lot of attention from law enforcement officials and air travelers. here's the latest. authorities believe one of the bombs discovered also traveled on passenger planes within the middle east. also, american officials say there may be more bombs out there, and the u.s. is sending six t.s.a. inspectors to yemen. homeland security correspondent bob orr has the latest. >> reporter: this is the al qaeda terrorist who officials believe handcrafted the deadly cargo bombs bound for two chicago synagogues. he is a master bomb buil
with just two days until election day, president obama tries to rally democrats while republicans believe they're about to clinch a congressional takeover. he's number two: for the first time in more than five years, tiger woods is bumped from the top of the p.g.a. rankings. and game on: we'll give you be early look at the new video game that is strictly hands-free. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: and good evening. two...
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the names of their senators and congressmen so they can call up and make their views known to their elected officials. >> schieffer: let me just ask you the obvious question-- if people are hostage are overwhelmingly for this, why is it so hard to get the congress to do it? >> because up until now it has only been the n.ray n.r.a. that has been talking talk about guns to the public and to congress and i'm trying to level the playing field by bringing out the facts. the truth is the nra itself a few years ago was in favor of background checks. for some reason-- and i don't understand it because it makes no sense-- they have changed. and in fact they should be out there arguing for the rights of it gun owners, protecting the second amendment but we all know that certainly people shouldn't have guns. you just don't want to to give criminals guns. it has nothing to do with the second amendment. you don't want to give people with mental problems guns who might kill themselves or kill somebody else. that makes sense. up until now it's only been the nra. they've had the field to themselveses, and
the names of their senators and congressmen so they can call up and make their views known to their elected officials. >> schieffer: let me just ask you the obvious question-- if people are hostage are overwhelmingly for this, why is it so hard to get the congress to do it? >> because up until now it has only been the n.ray n.r.a. that has been talking talk about guns to the public and to congress and i'm trying to level the playing field by bringing out the facts. the truth is the...
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house elects the any speaker, paul ryan. we'll talk to them both. after senator rubio's strong performance in last week's debate, how does he fight his way to the top in a pack still dominated by outsiders. >> i just don't believe anyone else running who has better understanding of the issues before us now than i do. >> and as wisconsin congress han paul ryan takes the gavel as speaker of the house, he says he'll run things differently. >> have been timid too long. we have to offer. >> dickerson: will he break gridlock on capitol hill? also talk to the number two democrat in the house, steny hoyer. and get the latest on the russian plane that crashed in egypt and killed 224. plus, we'll have roundtable to analyze all the news it's all ahead on "face the nation." good morning, welcome to "face the nation" i'm john dickerson. we've got lot of political news to get to but we start with an update on what caused a russian airliner bound for st. petersburg from egypt carrying more than 200 passengers to crash in the sinai peninsula early saturday. cbs new
house elects the any speaker, paul ryan. we'll talk to them both. after senator rubio's strong performance in last week's debate, how does he fight his way to the top in a pack still dominated by outsiders. >> i just don't believe anyone else running who has better understanding of the issues before us now than i do. >> and as wisconsin congress han paul ryan takes the gavel as speaker of the house, he says he'll run things differently. >> have been timid too long. we have to...
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the election was just yesterday. let's look at mitch mcconnell, the leader of the republicans in the senate. he's got a reelection in 2014. does he cooperate because he's up for reelection or does he not cooperate because he's worried about a conservative primary challenge? john boehner, the house leader, he might want to cooperate but he's got 230 plus republicans all of whom are taking a different message from this election, some of whom were reelected because they said they don't want to cooperate. the president's motivation, he wants to get this so-called fiscal cliff out of the way so he can work on the bigger issues nancy talked about: energy, immigration. so that's what motivates him. in the end, the players didn't change. the question is whether their motivations did. >> pelley: john, thank you very much. the big story in the northeast wasn't politics today but the nor'easter that just blew in. the same places that were swamped by sandy are getting lashed tonight by high winds, rain, snow, and an angry sea th
the election was just yesterday. let's look at mitch mcconnell, the leader of the republicans in the senate. he's got a reelection in 2014. does he cooperate because he's up for reelection or does he not cooperate because he's worried about a conservative primary challenge? john boehner, the house leader, he might want to cooperate but he's got 230 plus republicans all of whom are taking a different message from this election, some of whom were reelected because they said they don't want to...
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it is election day. voters go to the polls, where more than 500 house, senate and governors races are on the ballot. most polls indicate republicans are very likely to take control of the house. they need a net gain of 39 seats. in the senate, republicans have it a bit harder. they need to gain ten seats to reach a 51-seat majority. >>> the internet has played key roles in this midterm election, so cbs news has teamed with google and youtube to see which candidates and issues seem to generate the most interest online. sharyl attkisson reports. >> reporter: she's trailing in the polls, but trending online. delaware republican candidate for senate christine o'donnell has the most popular youtube channel of the 2010 contenders. and there are 450 of them on the site. >> i'm not a witch. >> reporter: the biggest draw, this o'donnell ad. >> i'm you. >> reporter: about a half million views and counting. the biggest political ad of the campaign season comes from a man you've probably never heard of. >> i'm dale
it is election day. voters go to the polls, where more than 500 house, senate and governors races are on the ballot. most polls indicate republicans are very likely to take control of the house. they need a net gain of 39 seats. in the senate, republicans have it a bit harder. they need to gain ten seats to reach a 51-seat majority. >>> the internet has played key roles in this midterm election, so cbs news has teamed with google and youtube to see which candidates and issues seem to...
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he went to a group of spanish evangelicals which helped re-elect george bush in 2004, is the most gettable group for republicans so it showed some strategic understanding how the republican coalition has to look in the future. >> gray with that. john boehner is looking a little bit like barack obama. both come across as very good men who don't have as much power as they need to get anything done. >> schieffer: let me ask you all, we talked at the top of the program about the n.s.a. program. the house almost really reined in the national security agency and the ability which it says it has to have to fight terrorism. is this an issue that cuts with the american people or is it something that doesn't-- people think i'm not sure how that affects me? >> i think it's evolving. and i don't think we know the answer to that yet. what was so interesting about that vote was it wasn't a partisan vote. it wasn't an ideological vote. it was the left and right coming together and nobody thought it was going to get 205 votes the week before and it almost pass. >> dubois: i do think people knew what they
he went to a group of spanish evangelicals which helped re-elect george bush in 2004, is the most gettable group for republicans so it showed some strategic understanding how the republican coalition has to look in the future. >> gray with that. john boehner is looking a little bit like barack obama. both come across as very good men who don't have as much power as they need to get anything done. >> schieffer: let me ask you all, we talked at the top of the program about the n.s.a....
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obama's re-election campaign. no word yet on his replacement, but an announcement should come we are told within the next two weeks. >>> do not expect the constitution to protect women from discrimination. it's that statement that has women's rights advocates seething todayna . recent interview, supreme court justice antonin scalia does not prohibit discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation. scalia told the california lawyer publication, quote, certainly the constitution does not require discrimination on the basis of sex. the only issue is whether it's prohibited. it doesn't. he went on to say, though, if the current society wants to outlaw discrimination by sex, hey, we have things called legislatures. the national women's law center calls his stance shocking! but it's not the first time justice scalia has said this. he made similar remarks back in september. >>> let's get some remarks on the weather because roberta, i was once told a woman's place is in the house and the senate. >> okay. i like that.
obama's re-election campaign. no word yet on his replacement, but an announcement should come we are told within the next two weeks. >>> do not expect the constitution to protect women from discrimination. it's that statement that has women's rights advocates seething todayna . recent interview, supreme court justice antonin scalia does not prohibit discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation. scalia told the california lawyer publication, quote, certainly the constitution...
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because one of you is going to be elected to this job. what's it like inside one of those conclaves? >> well, before the conclave actually start, there are a number of days when all the cardinals come together so that we can actually talk among ourselves, begin to get a better sense of one another. there are going to be 117 of us there with the right to vote. and just to get to know a little bit better personally one another, there will be four or five days of these meetings. but it-- >> schieffer: will you in any way-- could you be the nominee? >> no, that-- that enters into the world of fantasy. but when we get back into the real world i think what will happen is a number of cardinals will begin to surface in the conversation among all of us as particularly appealing candidates. it's not like a political process, though. there aren't nominations, and you don't have people saying, "i vote for..." and "my favorite son is..." when we go into the conclave, all of that stops. it's silence inside the conclave and the real focus is on the powe
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. >> schieffer: how long have you been in the congress gijust got elected to my second term, have been in public office for 18 years serving the good people throughout south carolina. >> schieffer: let me ask you first about the whole business with the national rifle association. their idea seems basically to be just add armed security to all of our nations' schools. do you think that's feasible or is it a good idea? >> the president has just established a committee to take a serious, holistic look at what we need to do as a nation to make sure that our kids are safe. to rush to judgment, i think, is a bit premature on what we should do. i think after we have the commit's report, we should take a very serious look at whatever it takes to keep our kids safe at school. we don't know what that is yet. we're just finishing the week of so many funerals, we should-- we should continue to pray for the family members. >> schieffer: but would you be in favor of changing some laws, like, for example, banning these assault weapons? >> i would love to see what comes out of the committee. i think w
. >> schieffer: how long have you been in the congress gijust got elected to my second term, have been in public office for 18 years serving the good people throughout south carolina. >> schieffer: let me ask you first about the whole business with the national rifle association. their idea seems basically to be just add armed security to all of our nations' schools. do you think that's feasible or is it a good idea? >> the president has just established a committee to take a...
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president obama wants the debt ceiling to extend beyond next year's election. >>> the stalemate has halted work on a $31 million construction project at the oakland international airport. the delay put 60 crewmembers out of work and the new air traffic control tower will be the first one built to strict environmental standards and one of seven projects in the country affected by it. >>> training camps begin today for many teams in the nfl and now that the player lockout is over a lot of football business activity taking place yesterday as well as teams were finally able to sign draft picks and free agents, as well. 49ers and this guy quarterback alex smith the star quarterback reaching a one-year $5 million deal. they will begin training camp at the santa clara home tomorrow. the raiders begin today. and that makes one weatherman extremely happy. >> i think scripted it so they could go to lawrence the biggest raiders fan there is. >> they are back! looking forward to seeing some football here in the nfl. weather normal, fog dense at the coast but not as much today and that's a sign of high
president obama wants the debt ceiling to extend beyond next year's election. >>> the stalemate has halted work on a $31 million construction project at the oakland international airport. the delay put 60 crewmembers out of work and the new air traffic control tower will be the first one built to strict environmental standards and one of seven projects in the country affected by it. >>> training camps begin today for many teams in the nfl and now that the player lockout is...
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let's go back to winning elections. you've got to go home. and for most of these members, their biggest threat is in the primary. the president is out there saying he won the election. and they don't want to go home and answer the noise. i understand it. >> reporter: boehner still owns this modest capitol hill apartment he lived in as speaker. but other things have changed. he says he needs golf less now as a stress reliever. he has evolved from merlot to cabernet, and has dropped his opposition to marijuana use. >> i drink red wine. if somebody wants to smoke a joint or eat a gummy, none of my business. >> reporter: convinced of the medical benefits, boehner joined the board of a cannabis company. do you do any firsthand research? >> no. i'm not a cannabis user. >> reporter: you're not rulingng it outt for yoururself, though? >> totomorrow is tomomorrow. who knowows. ...but c could yourr medidication do o more to l lower your r heart ris? jardiaiance can rereduce te risk o of cardiovavascular dh for adultsts who also o
let's go back to winning elections. you've got to go home. and for most of these members, their biggest threat is in the primary. the president is out there saying he won the election. and they don't want to go home and answer the noise. i understand it. >> reporter: boehner still owns this modest capitol hill apartment he lived in as speaker. but other things have changed. he says he needs golf less now as a stress reliever. he has evolved from merlot to cabernet, and has dropped his...
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asian markets climbed as election results in the u.s. continue to trickle in. hong kong's hang seng was higher most of the morning, and japan's nikkei index was closed. >>> today wall street showed the fed's the latest plans to spark the economy. besides leaving interest rates near record lows, the central bank is expected to announce a $500 billion program to buy back government bonds. the idea is the injection of cash will loosen credit and increase spending by both businesses and consumers. but, most economists don't believe the plan is big enough to do much good. stocks begin the day at six-month high after the market rallied tuesday. the dow jones, 64 points, the nasdaq gained 28. >>> the republican takeover of the house was good news for wall street. historically, the s&p 3500 rallied an average of 15% in years when the president was a democrat and there was a republican majority in congress. >>> with midterms out the of the way the fate of bush-era tax cuts will take center stage when congress recovers in a couple of weeks. president obama and the democr
asian markets climbed as election results in the u.s. continue to trickle in. hong kong's hang seng was higher most of the morning, and japan's nikkei index was closed. >>> today wall street showed the fed's the latest plans to spark the economy. besides leaving interest rates near record lows, the central bank is expected to announce a $500 billion program to buy back government bonds. the idea is the injection of cash will loosen credit and increase spending by both businesses and...
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elections matter. i voted for every cabinet officials, almost all of presiden president obama's judges. when he was a senator he had a different view of how to do this, but when it comes to susan rice, i can tell you as far as lindsey graham is concerned i find great fault with what she said on 16 september and in other areas i find her lacking when it comes to being the best choice for secretary of state. but this is up to the president. . >> schieffer: all right, well, lindsey graham i think you played it out in pretty uncertain terms. >> i can add one thing? >> schieffer: sure. >> the next thing lindsey graham wants to talk about is why for soviet hours on september 11 we could not reinforce the compound? did the from order the military and others to come to their aid? and if he did, when did he make that order? when was he first notified? we know every detail of the bin laden raid. we don't know anything of what he did sav did september 11, and if he ordered the people to be helped and there was no
elections matter. i voted for every cabinet officials, almost all of presiden president obama's judges. when he was a senator he had a different view of how to do this, but when it comes to susan rice, i can tell you as far as lindsey graham is concerned i find great fault with what she said on 16 september and in other areas i find her lacking when it comes to being the best choice for secretary of state. but this is up to the president. . >> schieffer: all right, well, lindsey graham i...
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senate leaders are arguing now over how many times the debt ceiling should be raised before the next elections. the republicans want to vote on it twice. democrats want just one vote. and the real issue going forward is whether new deficit reductions will come just from spending cuts, or if tax increases can be included. even the senate chaplain is praying for a break through. >> lord help them to comprehend the global repercussions of some poor decisions. >> reporter: and the clock is ticking. senate leaders have only until midnight tonight to come up with compromise legislation or they risk not having enough time to vote on it in the house and in the senate by that tuesday deadline, bob. >> schieffer: so, nancy, walk us through this here. what's going to happen next? >> reporter: well, what's happening, hopefully, bob, that senate leaders-- mitch mcconnell, the republican leader and harry reid, the democratic leader-- are hashing out these differences and trying to come up with a final package. and senators on the right and left have been telling us all day long that's exactly what they want
senate leaders are arguing now over how many times the debt ceiling should be raised before the next elections. the republicans want to vote on it twice. democrats want just one vote. and the real issue going forward is whether new deficit reductions will come just from spending cuts, or if tax increases can be included. even the senate chaplain is praying for a break through. >> lord help them to comprehend the global repercussions of some poor decisions. >> reporter: and the clock...
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(laughter) i'm just practicing for when he's elected, and it's the law. last week, trump delivered a major foreign policy speech about his favorite foreign country: america. >> my foreign policy will always put the interests of the american people and american security above all else. has to be first. has to be. america first will be the major and overriding theme of my administration. >> stephen: yes, trump is so dedicated to putting america first that he will be president of "the america-- comma-- united states of." (cheers and applause) and trump unveiled his foolproof plan for keeping america safe from our enemies. >> and then there's isis. i have a simple message for them. their days are numbered. i won't tell them where and i won't tell them how. we must, as a nation, be more unpredictable. we are totally predictable. we have to be unpredictable. and we have to be unpredictable starting now. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: booo! (laughter) did it work? (cheers and applause) did it work? is isis defeated yet? (laughter) no? well, that was predictab
(laughter) i'm just practicing for when he's elected, and it's the law. last week, trump delivered a major foreign policy speech about his favorite foreign country: america. >> my foreign policy will always put the interests of the american people and american security above all else. has to be first. has to be. america first will be the major and overriding theme of my administration. >> stephen: yes, trump is so dedicated to putting america first that he will be president of...
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you were having your problems going into that election. you lost a bunch of seats in the house, but after that, you did things like welfare and nafta. you got some tax cuts in. you balanced the budget. would it be good for him in a way if he lost the house and the republicans came to power and had to share some of the responsibility here? >> well, i think it would increase his chances of being re-elected. whether it would be good for the country or not, i don't know. you just said that's part of the narrative. but, yeah, we passed a balanced budget bill, but it was easy to pass the balanced budget bill because 90% of the deficit was reduced by the budget that only democrats voted for in 1993 that the republicans beat them for. because that's what reversed "trickledown economics." that's what put the country on a whole new course. it was that budget and the people who got beat were the people who voted for it. i'm worried that we're going to beat lot of people now who voted for a lot of the policies that will bring this country into the 21s
you were having your problems going into that election. you lost a bunch of seats in the house, but after that, you did things like welfare and nafta. you got some tax cuts in. you balanced the budget. would it be good for him in a way if he lost the house and the republicans came to power and had to share some of the responsibility here? >> well, i think it would increase his chances of being re-elected. whether it would be good for the country or not, i don't know. you just said that's...
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i think you're quite right you talk to people about this they say everything is dead it's an election year, i think it's possible because of this moment, particularly the president could say, let's work something out. remember what the president's agenda is which is, he's been talking a lot about inequality. i think he feels that very deeply. about the unemployment problem and he can actually work some deals with the republicans in congress to help those two things in a measurable way. as we say the ball is in his court. >> you know, david, you went to harvard you understand phrases like income inequality and things like that. talk about jobs things like that. i think that's better way to go at it myself. >> there's been an interesting -- i missed this course at school, but there's been interesting differences in language between income and equality which is what president obama is talking about. and income mobility, which is what you're hearing more and more from conservatives. the question of whether or not you can move up in the ladder. and they do require somewhat different kinds
i think you're quite right you talk to people about this they say everything is dead it's an election year, i think it's possible because of this moment, particularly the president could say, let's work something out. remember what the president's agenda is which is, he's been talking a lot about inequality. i think he feels that very deeply. about the unemployment problem and he can actually work some deals with the republicans in congress to help those two things in a measurable way. as we...
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but, b, secondly, it's because they want to talk about health care for this entire election year. >> schieffer: let me turn to you interesting story about edward snowden. he used a tool called the scraper to get some of this in whatever the scraper is. i don't know. maybe you can explain what it is. can you buy a scraper at your local department store. >> you can actually get it -- far more easily than you might think. not that everyone could do what eric snowden did. it shows -- story shows that just how ill-prepared the nsa was for someone like snowden. here we were couple years after manning and the release of documents through wikileaks, here is the most secure, what we thought most secure american intelligence agency, for snowden to be able to do that is incredible. as the intelligence chief admitted this week they'ringing as much about what snowden took, they still don't have clear sense of the entirety. >> schieffer: there has been some talk, i've heard this talk, peter king said he'd heard it, that he's been unable to substantiate it to this point that edward snowden actually
but, b, secondly, it's because they want to talk about health care for this entire election year. >> schieffer: let me turn to you interesting story about edward snowden. he used a tool called the scraper to get some of this in whatever the scraper is. i don't know. maybe you can explain what it is. can you buy a scraper at your local department store. >> you can actually get it -- far more easily than you might think. not that everyone could do what eric snowden did. it shows --...
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get this deficit ceiling put off until after the election. but more importantly than putting that off and giving certainty and lifting the cloud of default is begin a serious discussion and action on the deficit. that's what the american people want to see. >> schieffer: so, no short-term vote on this. that part is out. let me just... let me just ask you this. >> let me just say, bob. senator reid has said that's not the way to move forward. the senate does not want that system, that proposal. what they want is, yes, they want deficit reduction, yes, they want to get to the end of the year. but then they want a system that gets this into serious.... >> schieffer: let me ask you this. would you really allow the nation to slide into default and potentially really hurt the nation in the world's economy if you can't come to some agreement? aren't you going to have to find some... >> the leaders have all said they do not want default. there is a way that they can we can avoid default and give certainty to this economy for a longer period than five
get this deficit ceiling put off until after the election. but more importantly than putting that off and giving certainty and lifting the cloud of default is begin a serious discussion and action on the deficit. that's what the american people want to see. >> schieffer: so, no short-term vote on this. that part is out. let me just... let me just ask you this. >> let me just say, bob. senator reid has said that's not the way to move forward. the senate does not want that system,...
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but this, are there thing that is you would be willing to put your -- the fact that you're elected on the line and vote against what your constituents don't want? >> absolutely. but in this case, we're talking about war. i've spent a lot of time in my district -- when we found out the president was going to go to congress as he should do -- we decided to hold a series of town halls. 11 meet negligence two days. i met with constituents and whey saw was astonishing. not just disapproval of the war, but overwhelming disapproval from republicans and democrats. and when you're dealing with war, you must take into consideration what the public thinks. you're talking about asking people to send loved ones into harm's way. >> bob: the >> pat: said they would object send troops in. >> congressman cupings cummings you seeing the same thing in your district? >> no doubt. my district voted 77% for the president. the president has work to do, but i think he can probably get the vote. but he has to come before the congress, and the nation, by the way. one of the things i said to the president was l
but this, are there thing that is you would be willing to put your -- the fact that you're elected on the line and vote against what your constituents don't want? >> absolutely. but in this case, we're talking about war. i've spent a lot of time in my district -- when we found out the president was going to go to congress as he should do -- we decided to hold a series of town halls. 11 meet negligence two days. i met with constituents and whey saw was astonishing. not just disapproval of...
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what happens on election night? >> i'm confident the democrats are going to retain their majority, because the american people are connecting the dots between these tens of millions of dollars of secret special interest money. when we look under the curtain we're begin to go see who these groups are. the fact that they want to take us back to a day when special interests ran washington. if you look at some of the early.... >> schieffer: got to go. >> the early voting states are showing good news for the democrats. >> schieffer: all right. thank you so much, congressman. back in a second. >> thank you, bob. >> schieffer: finally today, i went back to new orleans last week one of my very favorite places. you know what? after the worst five years any city could have, new orleans is humming again. the city shared the recession with the rest of us, but for new orleans, that was just the half of it. katrina left 80% of the city underwater. and six months ago, that was book-ended by the worst oil spill ever, which sent its
what happens on election night? >> i'm confident the democrats are going to retain their majority, because the american people are connecting the dots between these tens of millions of dollars of secret special interest money. when we look under the curtain we're begin to go see who these groups are. the fact that they want to take us back to a day when special interests ran washington. if you look at some of the early.... >> schieffer: got to go. >> the early voting states...